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TIL According to the 2017 U.S. Census Bureau, 19.7 million children, more than 1 in 4, live without a father in the home

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0dmX5 TIL That one of the two Vice Presidents to resign was Spiro Agnew, who was VP under Richard Nixon, the only President to resign.
NGpP TIL after the US ambassador to the Sudan was kidnapped in 1973, Nixon said he would not negotiate with terrorists; the ambassador was shot 12 hours later.
rl4y TIL that big band composer/musician Glenn Miller went missing in action in 1944 and no trace of him has ever been found
R7aoQ TIL Nigeria's population is expected to not only surpass the US' population by the end of 2050, but to also become the third most populous country by the end of the century
DMLJ TIL scientists believe intelligent aliens (when we find them) will likely be huge due to the lower gravitational field found in most planets capable of sustaining life.